Salutations, Bookworms! Winter and I have a love-hate relationship. I hate wearing three layers and fingerless mittens just to sit around the house; I hate maintaining an organized inventory of scarves, gloves, boots, coats, hats, head bands, and ear muffs; and I hate, hate, hate slippery roads, sidewalks, porches and stairs. But when I…

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Dear Bookworms: I’ve been in a self-imposed time out. My intention, when I started this email list & blog, was to send something interesting and/or useful to my readers every two to four weeks. I had grand plans of sharing book recommendations and recipes and letting you know what I’m working on.…

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This is another book I allowed to gather dust on my shelf, but once I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down! This is the true story of Cheryl Strayed’s 1100+ mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. I’m so glad Cheryl hiked this trail, because now I don’t…

Kate is a single mom and a successful litigation attorney; Amelia is her fifteen-year-old daughter. Their relationship is closer than most mother-daughter connections, but not as close as either of them believe. Amelia is a star student at the private school she attends—she plays field hockey, earns high marks, and…

For those who’ve read other Anita Diamant books, this one is completely different from her others, but that won’t be a surprise as they’re all different and fabulous in their own right. This book is written in the style of a one-sided interview. A grandmother, Addie Baum Metsky, is telling…

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The is a work of historical fact-based fiction. The author did piles of research, including reading the diaries of Anne and Charles Lindbergh, and she used real events and a few fictionalized events to weave this engrossing story of a marriage in the spotlight of the world. When they…

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Behold the To-Be-Read Stack: an obelisk of books awaiting my perusal. It’s constructed of pride (whose stack is bigger?) and potential, held together by the promise of a page-turning frenzy. The TBR Stack begs notice. The TBR Stack is a side effect of my reading addiction, and the only way…

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FREE Kindle copy of The Word That You Heard available now! Do you miss the 80s? Are you a (slightly) manic fan of John Travolta? Have you ever wondered what life is like in the mysterious, backwoods culture of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula? Grab your FREE copy of The Word That…

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This soup is perfect for a Bookworms Anonymous chapter meeting, and you can pick two of the main ingredients in the woods or your own back yard, if you happen to live in the UP. If not, you can find the ingredients at your local supermarket. Best served with tossed…